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New Super-Earth Detected Within the Habitable Zone of a Nearby Cool Star


February 2, 2012

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An international team of scientists led by the Carnegie Institution's Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. The star is a member of a triple star system and has a different makeup than our sun, being relatively lacking in metallic elements. This discovery demonstrates that habitable planets could form in a greater variety of environments than previously believed.Full Story

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Carnegie Institution

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